China Tour of Beijing Xian Shanghai Suzhou Yellow

Mountain Guangzhou Guilin

Detailed Itinerary

Day 1. Arrive in Beijing
Pick you up at the airport, transfer to the hotel, remainder of the day is at leisure.

Day 2. Tiananmen Square, Forbidden City, Summer Palace, Chinese Tea Show
Be picked up from hotel at 08:30 am.
Visit Tiananmen Square -the biggest downtown Square of the world. Walk around on Tiananmen Square. Then we will enter the Forbidden City from the north end of Tiananmen Square. Forbidden City also called Palace Museum and is located at the center of Beijing. It was the imperial palace during the Ming and Qing dynasties. Rectangular in shape, Forbidden City is the world's largest palace complex. Take sightseeing in Forbidden City along the central axis for 1.5 to 2 hours.
Then we will drive to Summer palace - 20 kilometers northwest of downtown Beijing. Summer Palace is the largest imperial garden of Ming and Qing dynasty. The whole Summer Palace covers an area of over 290 hectares including more than 3,000 buildings, such as halls, pavilions, towers, etc. Take sightseeing for 1 to 1.5 hours. Have dinner in a restaurant with Beijing local favor.
Enjoy Chinese Tea Show in a tea house.
Be transferred back to your hotel after the whole day tour. (Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner)

Day 3. Ming Tombs (Changling Tomb and Sacred Way), Badaling Great Wall, Pecking Roast Duck Dinner and Acrobatic Show
Be picked up from hotel at 08:30 am.
Drive to Ming Tombs. Located 60 Kilometers north of Beijing, Ming Tombs consist of mausoleums of 13 Ming emperors. Changling is the most famous one. Construction of the Changling was started in 1409 and completed in 1427. Visit the tomb for one hour.
Move on to visit the Sacred Way for half an hour.
Then to the famous Badaling Great Wall -the most famous section of Great Wall, well maintained. It is easy to walk along this section of defensive project of ancient China. Take sightseeing on Badaling Great Wall for about 2 hours. Cable car is optional to get the top to have a bird view of the wall.
Drive back to Beijing city to have Beijing Roast Duck for Dinner. Eating Peking duck is seen to be one of the two things you are absolutely supposed to do while in Beijing.
Enjoy Acrobatic Show in the theater.
Be transferred back to your hotel after the whole day tour. (Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner)

Day 4. Beijing Hutong, Temple of Heaven, Beijing Xian
Be picked up from hotel at 08:30 am.
Transfer to Beijing Hutong -ancient city alley in Beijing. Many of them were built during the Yuan (1206-1341), Ming (1368-1628) and Qing (1644-1908) dynasties surrounding the Forbidden City. Take rickshaw to visit the ancient Beijing Hutong including Drum tower, Local family, Shicha Lake, Kindergarten and Bar Street. Visit Temple of Heaven. Built in 1420, Temple of Heaven is the best preserved and largest sacrificial building complex in the world. Take sightseeing in the attraction for one hour.
Be transferred to airport to connect flight to Xian.

Xian Tour guide will meet you in Xian airport. Be transferred to your hotel. (Breakfast, Lunch)

Day 5. Terracotta Warriors and Horses, Huaqing Hot Springs, Big Wild Goose Pagoda, Dumpling Dinner and Tang Dynasty Show
Be picked up from your hotel at 09:00 am.
Visit the Terracotta Warriors and Horses -the Eighth Wonder of the World. More than 6,000 different looking pottery figures depict the history of the Qin Dynasty from 221 BC-206 BC.
Move on to appreciate the imperial garden of Tang Dynasty – Huaqing Hot Spring.
Then we will visit the Big Wild Goose Pagoda -Originally built in 652 of Tang Dynasty, the pagoda is functioned to collect Buddhist materials that were taken from India by the hierarch Xuanzang. Now it is Landmark of the Xian.  
Taste local Dumpling Dinner -traditional food for Chinese New Year. It is a must taste food in China. Enjoy Tang Dynasty Show -performance of Chang'an music and dances that was originated in the Tang dynasty over a thousand years ago.
Be transferred back to your hotel. (Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner)

Day 6. Provincial Museum, Great Mosque, City Wall, Xian Shanghai
Be picked up from your hotel at 09:00 am.
Visit the Provincial Museum -a magnificent architectural complex in the Tang Dynasty style. It is the first huge state museum with modern facilities in China.
Move on to visit the City Wall -the best preserved, oldest and largest ancient city defense system in China. The wall has a history of over 600 years.
Be transferred to airport to connect flight to Shanghai.

Arrive in Shanghai. Be met and transferred to your hotel. (Breakfast, Lunch)

Day 7. Shanghai
Be picked up from your hotel at 09:00 am.
Visit Old French Concession Area and Peaceful Hotel.
Then to Oriental Pearl TV Tower -the world's third tallest TV and radio tower, which combines ancient concepts with 21st Century technology.
Then we will visit Nanjing Road and the Bund -famous waterfront with art-like buildings in China, the symbol of Shanghai for hundreds of years.
Have a short Cruise on Huangpu River. (Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner)

Day 8. One-day Suzhou Tour
Pick up from your hotel at 8:30 AM.
Drive 1.5 hours to Suzhou -A major tourist city in south China, features classic gardens and elegant natural scenery, was praised as a "paradise on earth".
Visit Humble Administrator's Garden -the largest private garden in Suzhou and one of the four most famous classical gardens in China.
Then we will drive to visit Lingering Garden -the best garden in Suzhou as well as being one of the four most famous gardens in China.
Proceed to Grand Canal -part of 1700-kilometer-long China Grand Grand Canal starts from Beijing and ends in Hangzhou.
Stop at Silk Factory (where you may interested in building a quilt) before we drive back to your hotel after the while day tour. (Breakfast, Lunch)

Day 9. Shanghai Huangshan
Our guide and driver will pick you up from your accommodation in Shanghai, transfer to the airport to connect the flight to Huangshan.

Arrive in Huangshan, our local guide and private vehicle will meet you and transfer to the hotel.

Day 10. Huangshan
After breakfast, drive 80 kilometers (1.5 hour-drive) to Huangshan Scenic Area and take cable car at Yungu Station to the top of the mountain. After check-in and lunch, you will view Brush Pen Peak, tour Lion Peak and Xihai Grand Canyon, enjoy the sunset glow at the Cloud Dispelling Pavilion, etc. Stay overnight at the summit. (Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner)

Day 11. Huangshan, Tunxi Ancient Street
Try to get up early in the morning to catch the magical sunrise. After breakfast, visit the Begin-to-Believe Peak to see the grotesque pine trees. Take the cable car down to the foot of the Mt. Huangshan and drive back to the city of Huangshan to visit Tunxi Ancient Street. Located in the center of the Huangshan City, the Ancient Street was built 700 years ago in the Song dynasty. Its total length is about 1.5 km and the sides of the street are laid with slab stones. Visit Ink Stone Factory. Ink stone is the important part of "Four Treasures of the Study" in China. The Ink Stone Factory in Huangshan is one of the most famous ink stone factories in China, where you can see the whole working process. Stay at the International Hotel in the city of Huangshan. (Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner)

Day 12. Hongcun, Xidi, Huangshan Guangzhou
Pick you up from the hotel. Visit Xidi and Hongcun. Located at Yixian County Anhui Province, Xidi and Hongcun have about 400-500 years of history. The original residential style and features of the Ming and Qing Dynasties were well- preserved. Reputed as 'A Living Ancient Residential Museum' by experts and tourists in China and abroad, they were listed as a world cultural heritage site by UNESCO in 2000. After the tour, get back to the city of Huangshan and be transferred to the airport to connect the flight to Guangzhou. (Breakfast, Lunch)

Be met and transferred to the hotel in Guangzhou.

Day 13. Guangzhou
Be picked up from your hotel by private tour guide and vehicle at 08:30 am.
Visit Dr. Sun Yat-sen's Memorial Hall, a key historical relic sponsored by local people of Guangzhou and overseas Chinese. It is in memory of Sun Yat-sen, the great revolutionary forerunner. The hall is located in the original site of the then Sun Yat-sen's Presidential Office.
Proceed to visit Yuexiu Park, which is the largest park in downtown Guangzhou. Covering an area of 860,000 square meters (212.5 acres), the park is made up of three artificial lakes and seven hills of Yuexiu Mountain. It is also famous for its Zhenhai Tower and the Sculpture of the Five Rams.
Move on to have a tour in Chen Clan Temple. Built between 1890 and 1894 during the reign of Emperor Guangxu of the Qing Dynasty This ancestral temple is the largest, best preserved, and best decorated ancient architecture existing in Guangdong province.
Take a visit to Xiguan House. Be transferred back to your hotel after the tour. (Breakfast, Lunch)

Day 14. Guangzhou –Guilin, Reed Flute Cave, Elephant Trunk Hill, Seven Star Park
Be transferred to airport to connect flight to Guilin.  
Arriving in Guilin, be met and transferred to your hotel with private vehicle and tour guide. Have private city tour in this scenery city. Visit Reed Flute Cave -Known as “the Palace of Natural Arts” contains beautiful stalactites and stalagmites.  Then we will visit Elephant Trunk Hill -the symbol of Guilin, looks like a giant elephant with a long trunk. Visit Seven Star Park - the biggest park in Guilin.
Be transferred back to your hotel.  (Breakfast, Lunch)


Day 15. Li River Cruise, YangShuo
Pick up from your hotel in the morning.
Be transferred to the Zhujiang Pier (about 1 hour drive) for a 4.5 hours wonderful Li River cruise with lunch aboard. You will enjoy the picturesque mountains, peaceful green fields, farms and villages with water buffalos, cows wondering around on both sides of the riverbank. Disembark at the one thousand year old town YangShuo -one-thousand-year-old town, a lovely and relaxing place to break a journey and to soak up some of China’s most beautiful scenery in the afternoon.
Enjoy evening show Impress Liusanjie.
Stay overnight in Yangshuo. (Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner)

Day 16. Departure
Transfer to the Guilin airport for departure. (Breakfast)

Friendly Note from Beijingservice.com
1. The above tour is tailored for you exclusively. You will enjoy Private car, driver and English speaking tour guide.
2. Lunch is not refundable if you do not need it.
3. The sunshine is very strong in summer time. Sunglass is useful.
4. Photograph is not permitted in some area. Our tour guide will give you notice.
5. A pair of soft and comfortable shoes is helpful.
6. Beijingservice.com list the exact cost of each person from 1 to 10 persons. if you have more persons. Please contact us for a special cost if you have more than 10 persons.
7. The best season to visit China is Autumn and Spring.

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